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<p><strong>UPDATE 10/20/17 4:40 PM</strong></p><p>According to <em><a href="http://www.complex.com/life/2017/10/taiwan-jones-viral-tweet-midterm">Complex</a>, </em>Taiwan Jones might just not have existed AT ALL!</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="A source from the Howard University registrar's office told Complex that there are no current students enrolled at the school under the name &quot;Taiwan Jones.&quot;BuzzFeed News has also reached out to the school, as well as a handful of individual students, who said they themselves are scrambling to figure out who this person could be on their campus." data-attribution="Howard University" data-attribution-url="" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" data-crop="43.68" data-loaded="1" data-mobile-crop="43.75" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2017-10/20/14/asset/buzzfeed-prod-fastlane-01/sub-buzz-5077-1508524603-6.png" data-pin-media="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2017-10/20/14/asset/buzzfeed-prod-fastlane-01/sub-buzz-5077-1508524603-6.png?downsize=715:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-span="1" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2017-10/20/14/asset/buzzfeed-prod-fastlane-01/sub-buzz-5077-1508524603-6.png" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2017-10/20/14/asset/buzzfeed-prod-fastlane-01/sub-buzz-5077-1508524603-6.png?downsize=715:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" /></div><div class="image-attribution">Howard University</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><em>Complex </em>contacted the Howard University registrar, and &quot;there is no student by that name currently enrolled,&quot; making all the accounts phonies.</p><p>But I guess, the real Taiwan Jones has been what&#39;s inside us all along. </p><p><strong>ORIGINAL POST:</strong></p><p>A guy found out that he failed his midterm thanks to a viral tweet...and now the question is, who?</p><p>Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/Old_Orleans">Roy</a> was on a flight to D.C. and caught a glimpse at the activities of his seat partner.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This professor graded tests next to me the whole flight. If there’s a Taiwan Jones at Howard, boy you failed the fuck out ya midterm 😩</p>&mdash; roy ✎ (@Old_Orleans) <a href="https://twitter.com/Old_Orleans/status/920999325009895424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The tweet went extremely, very viral&mdash;with over 47,000 retweets and 154,000 likes&mdash;as people related to his plight.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I just feel bad cuz lil buddy finna enjoy his weekend just come back to class, life in shambles.</p>&mdash; roy ✎ (@Old_Orleans) <a href="https://twitter.com/Old_Orleans/status/921005225904918533?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div> <p>And now to get a sweet taste of viral fame, multiple Taiwan Joneses have popped up on Twitter, and who knows what&#39;s real anymore?</p> <figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter" data-attribution-url="" height="413" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2017-10-20-at-101850-am-CvQDMI.png" width="700" /></div><div class="image-attribution">Twitter</div></figure> </div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter" data-attribution-url="" height="419" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2017-10-20-at-102010-am-u3NaUq.png" width="700" /></div><div class="image-attribution">Twitter</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="giphy" data-attribution-url="" height="168" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/giphy-2gh8ZW.gif" width="300" /></div><div class="image-attribution">giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><a href="https://twitter.com/JonesTaiwan_">@JonesTaiwan_ </a>tried to prove his realness with a screenshot of how he got the news.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ya my boi Moe sent me this and my heart straight dropped <a href="https://t.co/RUNmy69Dul">pic.twitter.com/RUNmy69Dul</a></p>&mdash; Taiwan Jones (@JonesTaiwan_) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonesTaiwan_/status/921234941442113536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The name &quot;Taiwan Jones&quot; started trending in the United States as people committed to solving the mystery.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/zafff__/status/921311779765960704</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The tales of the Taiwan Jones at Howard.<br><br>...who is the real Taiwan Jones? <a href="https://t.co/T3uskZ1hM6">pic.twitter.com/T3uskZ1hM6</a></p>&mdash; Bolarinwa O N I W U R A (@Bolarin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bolarin_/status/921314665493417984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">October 20, 2017: the number of Taiwan Jones clones on Twitter reaches critical mass<br><br>October 21, 2017: the Taiwan Jones clone war begins</p>&mdash; Troy L. Wiggins (@TroyLWiggins) <a href="https://twitter.com/TroyLWiggins/status/921371547759149056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/Sanchovies/status/921379289941000192</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">taiwan jones when he meets the other taiwan jones who also failed their midterm and also goes to howard <a href="https://t.co/8SbocleQDo">pic.twitter.com/8SbocleQDo</a></p> &mdash; hormone monster ? (@cole_griffin7) <a href="https://twitter.com/cole_griffin7/status/921378687857119234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There are a lot of Taiwan Jones on Twitter. And a least one of them is having a bad day.</p>&mdash; Joshua Neyhart (@maniacmiler) <a href="https://twitter.com/maniacmiler/status/921378010963566592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We&#39;ve all been Taiwan Jones at some point in our lives. He is all of us.</p>&mdash; Brian Ambrozy 🌹 (@primesuspect) <a href="https://twitter.com/primesuspect/status/921378278530781185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Taiwan Jones is a metaphor. He is us, we are him. <a href="https://t.co/qWgDI9jiNV">https://t.co/qWgDI9jiNV</a></p>&mdash; brother rock. (@JayDubya_) <a href="https://twitter.com/JayDubya_/status/921377687691816960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/vmochama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">Tweets by vmochama</a> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Let&#39;s investigate. @JonesTaiwan_ may have that text, but both Taiwan Joneses have less than 50 tweets, neither of which can really verify thei Taiwan Jonesiness with Taiwan Jones or Howard University-based content.</p><p>@TaiwanJones_ tweets mostly about soccer (football, if you will).</p><p>However, his profile picture suggests authenticity as a reverse image search yielded 0 results.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Tin Eye" data-attribution-url="https://www.tineye.com/search/694a156a09c01500551e4d28eda996fe0e8f18dc/" height="211" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2017-10-20-at-103311-am-kT9AaW.png" width="627" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.tineye.com/search/694a156a09c01500551e4d28eda996fe0e8f18dc/">Tin Eye</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The same is the case for JonesTaiwan.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="TinEye" data-attribution-url="" height="205" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2017-10-20-at-103425-am-uFnuTs.png" width="636" /></div><div class="image-attribution">TinEye</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Multiple Taiwan Joneses is not unprecedented.</p><p>There is a Taiwan Jones who plays in the NFL.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Google" data-attribution-url="" height="755" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2017-10-20-at-104214-am-6FgQTI.png" width="700" /></div><div class="image-attribution">Google</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Could it be that there are two Taiwan Joneses at Howard University, one of whom failed their midterm?</p><p>Or maybe they both did, who knows?</p><p>Stay tuned, we will update this post as the identity of the midterm-failing Taiwan Jones is revealed.</p><p> </p><p><sec-poll id="112"></sec-poll></p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

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UPDATE 10/20/17 4:40 PMAccording to Complex, Taiwan Jones might just not have existed AT ALL!Howard UniversityComplex contacted the Howard University registrar, and &quot;there is no student by that name currently enrolled,&quot; making all the accounts phonies.But I guess, the real Taiwan Jones has been what&#39;s inside us all along. ORIGINAL POST:A guy found out that he failed his midterm thanks to a viral tweet...and now the question is, who?Twitter user Roy was on a flight to D.C. and caught a glimpse at the activities of his seat partner.This professor graded tests next to me the whole flight. If there’s a Taiwan Jones at Howard, boy you failed the fuck out ya midterm 😩&mdash; roy ✎ (@Old_Orleans) October 19, 2017 The tweet went extremely, very viral&mdash;with over 47,000 retweets and 154,000 likes&mdash;as people related to his plight.I just feel bad cuz lil buddy finna enjoy his weekend just come back to class, life in shambles.&mdash; roy ✎ (@Old_Orleans) October 19, 2017  And now to get a sweet taste of viral fame, multiple Taiwan Joneses have popped up on Twitter, and who knows what&#39;s real anymore? Twitter Twittergiphy@JonesTaiwan_ tried to prove his realness with a screenshot of how he got the news.Ya my boi Moe sent me this and my heart straight dropped pic.twitter.com/RUNmy69Dul&mdash; Taiwan Jones (@JonesTaiwan_) October 20, 2017 The name &quot;Taiwan Jones&quot; started trending in the United States as people committed to solving the mystery.https://twitter.com/zafff__/status/921311779765960704The tales of the Taiwan Jones at Howard....who is the real Taiwan Jones? pic.twitter.com/T3uskZ1hM6&mdash; Bolarinwa O N I W U R A (@Bolarin_) October 20, 2017 October 20, 2017: the number of Taiwan Jones clones on Twitter reaches critical massOctober 21, 2017: the Taiwan Jones clone war begins&mdash; Troy L. Wiggins (@TroyLWiggins) October 20, 2017 https://twitter.com/Sanchovies/status/921379289941000192  taiwan jones when he meets the other taiwan jones who also failed their midterm and also goes to howard pic.twitter.com/8SbocleQDo &mdash; hormone monster ? (@cole_griffin7) October 20, 2017 There are a lot of Taiwan Jones on Twitter. And a least one of them is having a bad day.&mdash; Joshua Neyhart (@maniacmiler) October 20, 2017 We&#39;ve all been Taiwan Jones at some point in our lives. He is all of us.&mdash; Brian Ambrozy 🌹 (@primesuspect) October 20, 2017 Taiwan Jones is a metaphor. He is us, we are him. https://t.co/qWgDI9jiNV&mdash; brother rock. (@JayDubya_) October 20, 2017 Tweets by vmochama Let&#39;s investigate. @JonesTaiwan_ may have that text, but both Taiwan Joneses have less than 50 tweets, neither of which can really verify thei Taiwan Jonesiness with Taiwan Jones or Howard University-based content.@TaiwanJones_ tweets mostly about soccer (football, if you will).However, his profile picture suggests authenticity as a reverse image search yielded 0 results.Tin EyeThe same is the case for JonesTaiwan.TinEyeMultiple Taiwan Joneses is not unprecedented.There is a Taiwan Jones who plays in the NFL.GoogleCould it be that there are two Taiwan Joneses at Howard University, one of whom failed their midterm?Or maybe they both did, who knows?Stay tuned, we will update this post as the identity of the midterm-failing Taiwan Jones is revealed. 

UPDATE 10/20/17 4:40 PM  According to Complex, Taiwan Jones might just not have existed AT ALL!    Complex contacted the Howard University registrar, and &quot;there is no student by that name currently enrolled,&quot; making all the...